Curtain-pole and shade support



6-. AND P. SALATA.

CURTAIN POLE AND SHADE U PPORT. APPLICATION FILED JULY 19. 1921.

1,409,032; Patented in. 7, 1922.

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UNITED STATES lenonen SALATA PATENT OFFICE.

AND PAUL SALATA, OF NATRONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN-POLE AND SUPPORT.

To all co 71 am "it may concern 'Be known that we, Gnonen SALATA andPAUL nil, citizens of Czecho-Slovakia, residing at Natrona in the countyof Allegheny and State or" Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Curtain-Pole and Shade Supports, 0: which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in curtainpole and shade supports and has particular reference to the provision ofimproved means for sup porting a curtain pole and a shade roller on awindow frame without objectionable niarring of said frame. 1

The primary object of the invention is to provide a curtain pole andshade roller support including a horizontal bar adapted to restupon theupper edge of a window frame and having depending members at its endsadapted to engage the side edges of the winddw frame and having curtainpole and shade roller brackets fastened thereon so that the use of nailsor screws for hangthe shades or curtains is rendered unnecessary and arigid and durable attachment to the window frame is bad.

Another object is to provide a device of the above kind. wherein thehorizontal bar is adjustable in len th to accommodate win dow "frames ofvarying sizes and whereby hanging of the curtains and shades may bequickly accomplished.

lVith the above general objects in view and others that will appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists ofthe novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of window frame equipped witha curtain pole and shade roller supporting bracket constructed inaccordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the curtain pole and shaderoller supporting bracket shown in Fig. 1

Figure 3 is a top plan View of the device shown in Fig. 2, and

Figure at is an enlarged perspective view of the central portion. of thehorizontal bar Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 7,. 1922. 1 921. Scria1'No.485,838.

showing the adjustment retaining means for said bar. 7

Referring 'more in detail to the several news, the present inventionembodies a horizontal bar composed of a pair of adjustably connectedsections 5 and 6 and adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the windowframe A as shown clearly in Fig. 1 and having rigid depending members 7at its ends adapted to engage the adjacent portions of the side edges ofsaid window frame as shown, said end members being provided withsuitable shade roller supporting brackets 8 and curtain pole supportingbrackets 9.

The end members 7 are preferably in the form of plates so that thecurtain pole and shade roller brackets may be readily fastened thereto,and the bar sections 5 and 6 are preferably adjustably connected asshown clearly in Fig. 4. As shown in Fig. 4-, the section 5 is reducedas at 10 at its inner end while the bar section 6 is bifurcated toprovide a pair of legs 11 between which said reduced portion 10 isslidably fitted. The adjacent ends of the sections 5 and 6 are alsoprovided with substantially central longitudinal slots 12 and 13respectively, and one end of a ratchet bar 14 which is positioned insaid slots is fastened to the section 5 by means of a pin 15 or the likethe ratchet teeth of the bar 14; being formedupon the upper edge of saidbar and projecting above the upper surface of the latter. The ratchetbar 14 may be prevented from swinging downwardly out of the slots bymeans of a U-shaped member 16 which is fastened to the bar section 6 soas to extend beneath the slot 13 and upwardly on the sides or" said barsection as shown. The bar section 6 is provided with pair of ears 1? andone end of a catch 18 is pivoted to and between these ears as at 19 andextends toward the bar section 5 so as to engage under a spring keeper20 carried by said bar section 6 and so as to be released. from saidkeeper whenever desired. The catch 18 is provided with a tooth as at 21which is arranged to engage the ratchet teeth of the bar 14 when thecatch 18 is engaged by the keeper 20, and thus an ciiicient means isprovided for holding the bar sections 5 and 6 against accidentalseparation after the same has been snugly accommodated to the desiredwindow "frame.

In operation, the catch 18 is sprung from beneath the keeper 20 andswung upwardly so as to disengage the teeth 21 from the teeth of theratchet bar 14:, whereupon the bar sections 5 and 6 may be disposed uponthe top of the window frame and adjusted to allow the end members 7 todepend at opposite sides of said window frame. The

bar sections 5 and 6 are then forced toward each other until the endmembers 7 contact the adjacent side edge portion of the window frame andwhen this takes place, the catch 18 is engaged beneath the keeper 20 soas to cause the teeth 21 to engage the ratchet teeth of the bar 14 andthereby prevent separation of said endmembers so as to effectivelyretain the device in position for supporting the curtain pole and shaderoller respectively indicated at 22 and 23.

o It is believed that the construction and operationas well as theadvantages of the present invention will be readily understood andappreciated by those skilled in the art.

Minor changes may be made in the invention without departing from thespirit and scope thereof as claimed.

What is claimed as new is:

1. A curtain pole or shade roller support of the class describedembodying a horizontal barcomposed of a pair of sections adapt ed torest upon the upper edge of avwindow frame and having rigid dependingmembers at its ends adapted to engage the side edges of the-windowframe, said end members being provided with supporting brackets, one ofsaid bar. sections being reduced at its inner end, the other bar sectionbeing bifurcated at its inner end to provide. a pair of legs betweenwhich the reduced inner end of the other bar section is slidably fitted,said bar sections being provided with substantially central longitudinalslots in the adjacent ends of the same, a ratchet bar positioned in saidslots and fastened to one of the bar sections with the ratchet teeth ofsaid ratchet bar formed in the upper edge of the latter and projectingabove the upper surfaces of said bar sections, the other of said barsections being provided with a pair of keeper for said catch carried bythe at its ends adapted to engage the side edges of the window frame,said end members being provided with supporting brackets, one of saidbar sections being reduced at its inner end, the other bar section beingbifurcated at its inner end to provide a pair of legs between which thereduced inner end of the other bar section is slidably fitted, said barsections being provided with substantially central longitudinal slots intheadjacent ends of the same, a ratchet bar positioned in said slots andfastened to one of the bar-sections with the ratchet teeth of'saidratchet bar formed in the upper edge of the. latter and projecting abovethe upper surfaces of said bar sections, the other of said bar sectionsbeing provided with a pair of cars, a catch pivoted between said ears, aspring keeper for. said catch carried by said other bar section, saidcatch having a tooth arranged to engage and disengage the ratchet teethof the ratchet bar when the catch is swung toward or away from said barsections respectively, said ratchet bar being pivoted at one end to oneof the bar sections, and a U-shaped member carried by the other barsection supporting the free endof said ratchet bar. 1 1

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

' GEORGE SALATA. 7

PAUL SALATA.

